FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Eyelash

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Comment from funk_king

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

luv it!

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Awesome.

Comment from Magic Sam

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Very unique and elegant!

Comment from Em42

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What a fresh concept! Even though I would reconsider some numerals (1,2,5 and 7)...

Comment from afrojet

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wonderful.

Comment from SquarePeg

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Frickin' awesome.

Comment from emepar7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You really raised the bar with this one. 10/10

Comment from geneus1

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great execution on this one. I had attempted experiments like this with individual bricks that failed miserably. Well done!

Comment from CMunk

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I'm thinking dominoes. Very nice font.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, I wasn’t expecting this kind of reaction, THX a bunch to you all! @ Em42: yes the “2” and “5” sharp corners are not very viable. I’ll look around for inspiration trough round geometric numerals, and see what comes up. Changing the “1” and “7” will be a bit more difficult.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Improved "2" and "5"

Comment from Em42

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I like the way the straight corner is solved in the t bar: I would have tried also something like that. But again, that is just my opinion :)

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@ Em42: You have to notice that the “f” and “t” horizontal crossbars are not dependent of a round corner. But in the numerals it's a different story, BTW the alternates “2” and “5” run a tiny bit horizontally off the grid. What do you all think?

Comment from Em42

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What about this (note that I used Photoshop to create the image, so I don't know if the bricks will fit correctly):

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yep! That’s the key. The "5" is the same as the original so it fits the grid, the "2"'s only issue is with the horizontal crossbar, it’s a tiny bit shorter than the grid but I don't think it's noticeable. THX a lot for your help.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

lol, still wasn't happy with the 5 so I updated it like the 2. One more time Thank you Em42.

Comment from Em42

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You're welcome! :)

Comment from grant

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with CMunk. Dominoes!!! Super job. Very unique :)

Comment from raychelle97

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

thats awesome

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Eyelash” is now the current Featured FontStruction.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

OMG OMG OMG I can't believe this...lol thx gferreira you rock dude! ps: só por acaso és lusofono?

Comment from saberrider

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I always thought the concept and execution of this wonderful fontstruction is top notch. You really should go ahead and try to do capitals. It works with the numbers so there's no reason why it wouldn't work with capitals.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ok Saberrider your comment made me take the chance, please tell me what you think about the UC's cause I'm not too sure about some of them.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

added some diacritics too...

Comment from saberrider

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

first of all: it's awesome you did it. i like the Y solution very much. I think a classic T would work better. The V is again victim of the fontstruct grid limitations. I think a V like shown below could make it more readable. Other than that it works really well. Great job.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

THX for the tips I've updated it, used the "V" tip on the "W" too. :)

Comment from saberrider

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Cool. :) I think you forgot to change the v though. In general i think you could make the u look like the v looks at the moment, with the fully rounded stroke i mean. in my opinion you should lose the little descending stem at all. a fully rounded Uu will distinct it more from that Vv. The little ascending stem on M and N works well, but you don't have it on m and n. I wouldn't change the lower case here. So if you're crazy about consistency you might think about removing the ascending stem from the upper case MN.

Comment from Harmful

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This is a great font! but it would be great to use international symbols such as ¥, and £. But other than that 10/10

Comment from fodkito

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

me encanta esta fuente, en especial los numeros y las minusculas. El unico simbolo que no veo tan bien es @, pero te doy un 10

Comment from paulbeckers

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

very nicE!

Comment from paulbeckers

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

very nicE!

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

updated. But I'm keeping the Uc's "M" and "N" as they are for now, thx for the tips Saberrider. thx for the other coments too. as for the requested symbols: the @ already exists, and currecy symbols might be here soon.

Comment from pita

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

WENAS TE FELICITO YO ESTOY EMPEZANDO A CREAR MIS TIPOS TE INVITO A PASAR POR MIS HUMILDES TIPOS ... A SABES QUE TU TIPO PARECE AQUELLAS DE LAS REVSITAS OCHENTERAS DE MI PASI CHILE... TAMBIEN SE PARECE A LOS LETREROS DE LUCES DE BROADWAY

Comment from vek555

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

How do you clone fonts?

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The ability to clone a font is dependent on the license the author has selected for it. If cloning is available, a Clone button will appear by the Download and Embed buttons. This font is not clonable.

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

OMG OMG OMG, Eyelash now has a full set of capitals...! :-) I'm very happy you did this, and the result looks very good. I can see you have made the main module for the caps wider... very smart. If you allow me two suggestions: 1. The ascenders of this typeface are quite long, and you've made the caps to match the ascender height, so the capitals are quite big in relation to the x-height. I think your design could benefit from having smaller capitals, somewhere between x-height and ascenders – this would make the text image more compact and enhance the nice black&white effect. 2. More white space between the letters – this would make words more pleasing to read. I have a lot more comments, but I'll save them for another round... Keep on the good work! PS: Sim, sou brasileiro.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

1. fixed UC's height. 2. added space between letter's. 3. fico muito contente por seres lusofono, eu cá sou Português. 4. thx for the comments. 5. ready for round 2!

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great work on the shorter capitals. And what a lovely ampersand! Some little things you might want to look at: the @ is too big; £ is too wide; 1 & 7 could use a square corner at the top-right; same for top-right & bottom-left of Z and z.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

updated thx again ferreira! what do you think about the UC's "M" & "N"?

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I like the current M & N – I think it makes sense to have them different than the lowercase.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great Minds Think Alike...^^

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I have been working on a "rounded shape stroke version" of "Eyelash" Anyone think this is worth the effort?

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I do...keep going!

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I like it even more than Eyelash. Do continue. Your new icon 8 is super cool.

Comment from CMunk

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, by all means do it.

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Very happy to announce that Eyelash is featured in the book “TYPE FONTBAT” published by Japanese publishing company BNN Inc. TYPE FONTBAT

Comment from Magic Sam

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations!

Comment from Frodo7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! That's international recognition. Congratulations!

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, my Punched Out is gonna be in there too! Looks like we're fontstructionizing Japan... ;) Congrats!

Comment from JoeAllison

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, Very nice work! My font "convention" is also due to be in Type Fontbat. Im looking forward to see the book

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

THX to all! And congrats to you too, Shasta and JoeAllison! I wonder how many fonstructions will appear on the book :)

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Talking about that... How about a fontstruct only book? Some sort of an annual "Best Of" with professional samples of the designs and a CD containing all the font files, quite in the style of this BNN series? This years output would easily fill a book even if you only take the top of the top picks. I wonder if we'd find a design-oriented publishing company that could be motivated for such a project...

Comment from funk_king

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

self-publishing is also an option. you can get the same quality as a regularly published book. i've never done it but plenty of website out there for those interested. sounds like a great idea. of course a fair amount of work would have to be done, but still, i like it :)

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"The Best of Fontstruct 2009" would be awesome!!!

Comment from p2pnut

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations ... great to see good work being recognised (that goes to shasta and JoeAllison as well).

Comment from Frodo7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I've been thinking about such a book for a long time. I have a number of designers and their exemplary works in my mind, and that number is growing way too fast! In the beginning I thought about a non-profit eBook version to comply the strictest license, and reduce the costs to almost zero. But later it dawned on me it could be a much bigger hit. Let's do it!

Comment from funk_king

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

re: publishing book - interested parties should review lulu.com or other self-publishing sites. the rates looks fairly reasonable to manufacture. putting together would be easy enough by uploading pics for each page. i think the main issues would be: 1: who decides who participates? 2: how many designers and designs would be included? 3: who selects the fonts to? 4: number of pages for each participant? 5: fees to participate - these would cover manufacturing costs 6: profit participation - would each participant get a cut if profits are made and who would administer this? the financials are always the tricky part. as far as pages, each designer would be responsible for creating their own samples for each page and maybe everyone participating would have input into the basic layout/design of book and look/feel of samples. also would the book be 'fontstruct - in the beginning until now' or should there be an annual created for 2008 and 2009? just some preliminary questions and things to think about... :)

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Lots of questions to be answered, but I think a FS book is a fantastic idea.